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Report: SMEs Are Prime Targets and Must Plan for Disaster Recovery

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To protect business continuity, a solid plan that focuses on maintaining IT infrastructure, data, and applications is crucial for protecting against and responding to malware and ransomware attacks. A disaster-recovery plan is no longer an option for SMEs; it's a must-have. The key is to minimize any damage. Back up all data.

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Guarding the gates: a look at critical infrastructure security in 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

These attacks employ malicious software that encrypts files, rendering them inaccessible until a ransom is paid or a backup is restored. Having a Backup Power Generator: A backup power generator may not seem directly related to cybersecurity, but it plays a crucial role in maintaining operational continuity during power outages.

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One of the Best Things You Can Do as a CIO

CIO Business Intelligence

On the secondary storage front, you need to figure out what to do from a replication/snapshot perspective for disaster recovery and business continuity. Because modern data protection improves testing, you should determine how to use snapshots, replicas, and backup for DevOps and software developers, while still keeping control.

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8 big IT failures of 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

The outage was traced to a damaged database file; a contractor was working to correct a problem with the synchronization between live and backup databases and ended up corrupting both. And arise it did on January 24, when a Chicago employee failed to turn the backup server off at the appropriate time.

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Ransomware’s Number 1 Target? Your Kid’s School

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Specific ransomware and malware strains affecting schools. Aside from ransomware, malware has also been a problem for K-12 schools. Though not as prevalent as ransomware and malware, there have been reports of DDoS attacks on schools, as well as video conference interruptions by cyber actors. Now, let's look at some specifics.

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U.S. Agencies Release Guidelines for DDoS Attacks

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malware insertion or data exfiltration—victims should stay on guard to other possible compromises throughout a DDoS response. Although a DDoS attack is unlikely to impact the confidentiality or integrity of a system and associated data, it does affect availability by interfering with the legitimate use of that system.

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Business continuity planning: A proactive approach to threat management

CIO Business Intelligence

Events like this highlight the importance of developing contingency plans based on events in the world that can impact businesses. Business continuity is an essential part of the planning process for CIOs and CTOs. Black swan events can impact businesses in significant ways. How could we prevent that from happening?”